The Melle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 447 people carried this name — #47,429 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 1% from 451 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 289 people named Melle.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Gironde.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 43 people named Melle live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Melle live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
22 people named Melle is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Melle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacob Melle 1659–1743 · writer -
Werner von Melle 1853–1937 · mayor -
John van Melle 1887–1953 · writer -
Johann Carl Joseph von Melle 1782–1860 · student
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Ottó Melle 1875–1947 · theologian
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Nora Melle 1899–1959 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Melle.
- Melkonian 939 · U.S. census
- Mell 1,371 · U.S. census
- Mella 723 · U.S. census
- Mellado 1,057 · U.S. census
- Mellan 140 · U.S. census
- Mellard 249 · U.S. census
- Melli 169 · U.S. census
- Mellin 1,020 · U.S. census
- Mellinger 3,818 · U.S. census
- Mellion 206 · U.S. census
- Mello 11,670 · U.S. census
- Mellon 4,628 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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